To summarize...Christian Lopez caught Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit. Instead of keeping it to sell, he gave it back. And received about $60-75,000 worth of stuff - tickets, signed Derek Jeter merchandise, and so on. He's even getting his own baseball card. Since all of that was a gift, it's might be taxable. To the tune of $10,000. Christian is 23 with a boatload of student loans.

However! Two companies have offered to pay the tax bill if it comes due. Good for them, and good for Christian. I just thought this was awesome.